Right-Wing Think Tank Protected “Violent” Exec Who Allegedly Stalked a Colleague
“They were very responsive to donors, but very hands off in terms of its employees,” a former female staffer, who said she filed complaints about Koprowski’s abusive tirades, told HuffPost. “There wasn’t a lot of responsiveness if you had a complaint about another employee. It was very much, ‘you can deal with it yourself.’” “There’s…
Scientists Are Learning Exciting New Things From Shitholes
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Science may have dealt with a ton of BS last year, but the field also overflows with bowel-related breakthroughs thanks to the wealth of knowledge hidden in human and animal poop. “There’s nothing to be shy about with feces,” says Faith Walker, a genetics research professor at…
How Oprah Helped Spread Anti-Vaccine Pseudoscience
Sthanlee Mirador/Sipa USA via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Calls for Oprah Winfrey to run for president may have begun as a joke, but in the wake of her rousing Golden Globes speech, speculation has swirled. CNN even ran live updates on a potential “Oprah 2020” campaign on Monday. President Donald Trump told…
Trump’s Cold-Snap Tweet Is Even More Shamelessly Stupid Than You Had First Thought. Here’s Why.
People visit the Niagara Falls during extreme cold weather as sub-zero temperatures are expected across Canada and the United States on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s day. Rex Features via AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by The Huffington Post and is reproduced…
The East Coast Is About to Get Hit by a “Bomb Cyclone”
Sub-zero temperatures are expected across the northeastern United States.Vianney Le Caer/REX/Shutterstock/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Much of the eastern United States has been assaulted by brutally cold temperatures over the last week. New Year’s Eve revelers in New York City rang in 2018 in 9 degree weather—the coldest midnight…
Here Are 2017’s Best Protest Posters
Jessica Hill/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The year is nearly over, and politically speaking, it hasn’t been pretty. Plenty of outrageous, terrifying, shameful things have happened since Donald Trump took office, but from the very first day of his presidency, a massive contingent of the nation has taken to the…